A Time to Ponder

The following is a partial entry. if it gets some comments I will finish it. It is a little old, like 2 months, but I wanted to get something up. Podcast comming this week so keep a watch out for it.

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I have gotten a little behind on this yet again. There has been a lot things going on with me, and I am sure that all of you are just itchin for me to enlighten you. Well sorry but I am not going to do that here at this time.

The question for today is.. . . .

Is it really the things that we know that make us smart? or not smart?

We all think very differently. Some people have earned the title of "smart" and others have earned the title of "not as smart" (word that how you will). Why is this? why do some of us get these different titles? I know people that have different titles, both of which are on opposite sides of the spectrum.

Am I smart? I often wonder if I would be called that, or if I would be just called dumb. I don't think about it too often, and I know that there are things that I am very smart about, and other things that I am not. But in the eyes of those around me I wonder what they think about me from time to time. If I am the kind of person that they would come to for advice.

Does it really matter what others think about us? I guess in the great scheme of things it does not really matter what others think. We seem to all know this, and yet we all seem to forget this as life goes on. The ones that truely ignore what others think about us seem to be happier. What is so special about them? I don't know, perhaps it is the ability to sustain their own lives with out the need of other people attention.

I often try to separate myself from the need of other peoples attention to be succsesfull, or to find pride in my work. I have found however that it is harder than it seems to do that. lets give an example of what I am talking about:

I used to work for a cleaning company, and at that time I was a supervisor at a building over the night shift. I was wanted to do something to spice up the look of the building with some detail cleaning. So I elected to clean the push plates on all of the doors. So I got the tools required to polish them and then begain to polish. Well when I was done, I realozed that they were all clean evenly. That in reality most people are not going to notice cuase they are not going to have anything to compair it to. so to let people know about all of the work that I do, I left half of some of the push plates unpolished.

The next day I got a call from the facility manger and he told me that he liked the work that I had done and asked when I would finish the rest of them. I told him the I was going to do so that night, and of course I did.

Now would this guy have noticed the job that I had done if i had not left half of it incompleted? I don;t know nor will I ever I guess, but the point is I was looking for the approval of this person to alllow me to think that I did a good job. Is it not good enough that I could have.

My 60 opinions responses

Well I have gotten some decent responses to the last post that I did. I did not think that I was going to get out another blog before my next podcast, but I guess I am going to now. I want to get this done while it is on my mind or I know that I will forget to do it.

Well I am going to respond to an e-mail response that I got today. (by the way I love to talk about all this stuff so feel free to comment or e-mail me.)

the first one is

opinion: I am for the Iraq war and I think that we should stay there and get the job done.
E-mail: What Constitutes Get it done?

Response: Well that is a LONG conversation in and of itself, and I fully intend to post something in depth about the Iraq war, but it will take some time as there are a lot of things that are happening right now that I want to see what happens first.

But to Clearify that one a bit more. We should help the Iraqi people build up a stabel Democoracy. I know that it will take time but it is War, and things do not and will not always go as we want them to. If we turn and run away and "lose" this war everything that we have fought for and everything that people have died for could be in vain and all for not cause Terror could take over there. Also this would in the future effect us, as it would be on emore place for it to grow. We will be attacked again. I just want to make it be as FAR OUT as possible. so if there is one less place for them to be then well lets make it that way. If not we will be there again but I think that it will be under far different circumstances.



Opinion: I think that The US is losing its drive to get the job done.
E-mail: Why do you think so? Is it something that should include the international community? Do we need to look at the roles that the int. community played in our civil war to see what we can justify thru PR to the citizens of our country?


Response: That one is a tough one to answer also and keep it brief. Lets give it a try.

The Iraq war has and is full of twists turns, and failures. There are also many things that have and are continuing to go well. With out getting into the sticks about this one, all in all the war is "behind schedual" We have not met all of the deadlines that we wanted to meet at the appointed times. Well as a whole it seems that America(at least all the loud ones) are saying that we should leave. Well they are saying this when the going was getting tough and we did not seem to be making any headway. If your boss tells you to do something and have it done by Friday, and you do not do you then not do it? Of course not! you do what you gotta do to get the job done and soon. Well that is what we are doing. We are trying to get the job done, and we ware trying to get it done yesterday. there are setbacks, but jsut because we do not acheive our goals that does not mean that we should quit! We should continue on and make it right.

I feel that I am going to drift off of this one. Let mill over how to word this one better and I will get back to everyone on that one.


Opinion: I think that the General is a great man and that anyone that attacks him personally is a cold gutless individual, and that his honor has no reason to be questioned and that it is a great insult to do so.
E-mail: I see your point, but no one is perfect. I am sure that he has made mistakes, even into policy at large. If you can't take criticism then I don't think you belong in positions of power or in the public eye. That is everyone from the General to the President to Britney Spears.

response: Today the President of the United States said something in his press speech. "It is one thing to attack me." We all know that people of power will be attacked when they say things. My comment was in direct response to the Moveon.org ad that was run. It was as the President said "disgusting". That attack was personal plain and simple. It was an attack on the mans charachter, and also on our Military.

I wish that there were more people that would have said anything about the Ad that was run. However there was not much nor enough said, till today. I feel that our President put it all out there and it was the honest truth. I think that he sees that clearly how it really is. If you all search your heart you will know that what they did was wrong, and should not have been done. There are lines that should not be crossed, and that line was crossed by Moveon.org.

It is ok to not like what someone says? Heck yea it is. I am doing it right now. But if you must disagree do it with class. Not like they did. We are all on the same side here. We are all Americans. That is all I would liek to say about this about the current moment.

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Well there are 4 more to respondo to and I am sick of typing so I will post those later.

Ask yourself, Is it really about the war? Is it really personal what was done? Is it really. . . .you fill in the rest and ask yourself.

Be safe all and God Bless.




"How are you today?" the man asks, and the happy man replies "Better than I deserve!!"

My 60 Opinions

I am going to do something that I have needed to do for a while but have not had the stones to do so. Well I am going to do it now. I am going to tell everyone where I stand on different issues.

There will be a couple of things that will not make it up here cause that means that I have a podcast in the plans to cover it.


Well here they are, feel free to comment but I am not looking to have them changed, most of them have plenty of info that is leading me to my opinions but I don't want to put them all here. Some of them will make people think differently about me, and might also cause people to no talk with me about some topics, that is ok with me. So with out further delay here they are.

1. I am for the Iraq war and I think that we should stay there and get the job done.
2. I think that The US is losing its drive to get the job done.
3. I think that the General is a great man and that anyone that attacks him personally is a cold gutless individual, and that his honor has no reason to be questioned and that it is a great insult to do so.
4. I am a conservative, and not a republican.
   
5. I can not stand Party division
6. I think the presidential elections test the very core of a honorable society.
7. I am going to Vote for Mitt Romney currently(yes it can change)
8. I am not doing it because he is Mormon
9. Yes I am a Mormon
10. I am doing it because I like his policies and religion has nothing to do with it.
11. I do think that many (not all) Democrats attack Republican people in a very different way. I think that they are always attacking and republicans generally are defending.(that is not an absolute)
12. I feel the Mormons receive undue and unjust treatment from society
13. I feel that what happens in people life is their fault a majority of the time.
14. We attract things into out life
15. Positive thinking, Attraction, Intention, Karma, and Good and bad luck are all real
16. God is there
17. When we remove him from life and society we will have problems.
18. I support President Bush and I would vote for him again.
19. I DO NOT like Hillary.
20. Nor Bill Clinton.
21. I feel that most people that liked/like Bill don't have a clue what they are talking about, and that he did not do that many good things, but rather was president in a good time.
22. I hate Dyslexia
23. Socialized Health Care is a bad idea no matter what
24. There is a problem with our health care
25. Mostly with insurance as out health care just plain rocks
26. I think the HSA is WAY better then HMO or any other plan (and that politicians should mention this and not "their" plans. AKA govt health care.)
    
27. The housing market sucks
28. ALL DEBT IS BAD!!!!!
29. I love Toyota's
    
30. Chevy over Ford any day
    
31. the movie Sicko flat out lies at some parts to us
32. I do not feel that movie rating systems mean anything.
    
33. 3:10 to Yuma was a great movie
34. Stereotypes are funny
35. Hollywood is corrupt, and there are a lot of evil people there
36. Man and Woman should not live together.(unless family or married)
    
37. Judging others by their beliefs is wrong.
1. Let me clear that one up. not liking someone cause they feel different about things than you is wrong. You should be friends with all people, and the fact that you do not like Gays, and yet someone else does, does not mean that you should not like them
38. Dating is way to complicated at times
39. There are too many people in this world that do not think.
40. I feel bad for people that are victims to profiling, but do not under any circumstances think that we should quit doing it. I mean think about it, if it is a stereotype there is some truth behind it. And if I fit a profile CHECK ME!!!!
41. Hillarycare is a BAD PLAN!!! and it WILL move towards socialized health care at some point if it happens.
42. Barak is not old enough to be president.
1. again to restate, I mean not experienced enough
43. people that vote for Hillary just cause she is a woman are not people that think logically or grasp the importance of the fact that it is for the role of PRESIDENT!!!
44. The fact that she is a woman does not mean anything to me.
45. And yes I am not a fan of her and she scares me to be honest.
46. If you want all of the troops to come home you do not support the troops. They are there to win, and not to turn and run.
47. I am very interested in politics.
48. I think that women are not treated well enough in the world anymore.
49. Being a stay at home Mom is one of the greatest things that a woman can do, and it is a Mans job to make that a possibility.
50. Women abuse Men way more than we all realize.
51. Not enough Men do not know how to treat women well.
52. The Man should go get the money.
53. There is nothing wrong with a woman working when there are no kids in the house.
1. yes there is a flip side to that one.
54. Too many people in the US don't know how to keep commitments and you can see this in marriages.
55. Marriage is the number one cause for divorce. When we say I do we mean that I will try, when we say I will mean I will give it a test shot and if not then I will give it up.
    
1. That is not a slap in the face to anyone that has been divorced it is just reality.
56. Men should open doors for Women.
57. It is Rude to smoke in public. It was clean air first and non-smokers outnumber smokers so we win.
1. I mean come on smoking sections are like peeing sections in swimming pools.
58. I have Many problems as a person, and so do we all. I try to improve myself everyday, and some days I do well and others I do not, but I still can and will try to help others along the way.
59. I am a hypocrite and so are YOU!
60. People are naturally good people and want good for others.

Well there are some things that I wanted to take stand on as a person. These are all my opinions, and I have no problems with anyone that has different ones. I wish that we can all get along and I want to be friends with all. I wan to be a kind person, but I have allowed that to allow me to be stepped on too much. So if you think differently about me cause of this list I am sorry and I hope that we can be friends and know that I will try to be yours even if you do not want to be mine.


so ask yourself, do you know where you stand? Are you ok with where you stand? Do you really know what you're talking about? Are you OK with the fact that I and many others are different than you? I am. That is what makes this world a great place.

Live everyday to the max and always remember that it is a great day to be alive. We are all very luck to be alive and I am proud to be an American, and I will stand by America no matter what.

God bless all.

Bush & His Talk to the Nation

I am going to start doing podcasts now. Here is the first one of many I hope. I know that it is a little scattered but I will do more and I will make them a lot better, and more structured.

I am going to try to keep them around the 5 min area, but I may do ones that are longer from time to time, and if so I will post that it is a longer one.

There will be video podcasts which I will do from time to time as well.

Same rules apply these all are ment to get thought going.

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